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Howard Zinn Speaks

Howard Zinn, Anthony Arnove

  • 311 pages · about 5 hours
  • First published 2012
  • 3 editions
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1 About this book

"Howard Zinn has illuminated our history like no other US historian. This collection of his speeches on protest movements, racism, war, and US history, many never before published, covers more than four decades of his active engagement with the audiences he inspired with his humor, insight, and clarity."

Presents a collection speeches by historian and activist Howard Zinn from 1963-2009.

Good for readers who want: politics, philosophy, and history.

  • Politics and government
  • Philosophy
  • History
  • United states, politics and government
  • United states, race relations
  • Racism
  • Democracy
  • Social justice

2 About Howard Zinn

1922–2010

Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922 – January 27, 2010) was an American historian. He was chair of the history and social sciences department at Spelman College, and a political science professor at Boston University. Zinn wrote more than 20 books, including his best-selling and influential A People's History of the United States in 1980. In 2007, he published a version of it for younger readers, A Young People's History of the United States.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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